La palabra del día- "ámbito"

Question

ámbito (ahm’-bee-toh)

(noun) sphere, space

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Estamos buscando un corrector oficial de las frases en español. Si usted está interesado, por favor envíeme un PM.

Sinmeta will be correcting the Spanish sentences as his time permits. We still need more help with this very important task. Please correct your sentences according to his suggestions.

There are many native English speakers here, most of us can offer great suggestions to the English sentences. I will do my best to go through them all, too. Use today's Word of the Day in your own Spanish sentence (and include the English translation as well). Try to use the word in a completely new way and vote on the sentences you like best. The winner will be chosen based upon the correct use of the word as well as the number of votes.

Guidelines:

Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Have fun experimenting with Spanish.

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Examples:

** 1. El profesor es muy influyente en el ámbito académico; ha publicado numerosos artículos en revistas destacadas.**

• The professor is very influential in the academic sphere; he has published numerous articles in leading journals.*

** 2. Me siento frustrado en mi trabajo. Mi ámbito de poder como asistente es muy reducido.**

• I'm frustrated with my job. My sphere of influence as an assistant is very small.*

Thanks to everyone that has been helping to correct in the palabra del día. I know it is a time-consuming job and we all are very appreciative of your work and dedication to us and to SD!!

Gracias Martha , for doing the post every day. - ray76, Jun 23, 2013

Yes, thanks to the posters and correctors. I read them pretty much every day, even when a crappy remote connection makes it too difficult to respond myself. T H A N K S ! - rogspax, Jun 23, 2013

Yes, thanks very much Martha - FELIZ77, Jun 23, 2013

Answer 1

María es una mujer completa tanto en el ámbito personal como en el profesional.

Maria is a well-rounded woman both personally and professionally.

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I envy your ability to post perfectly in both languages, and in the best way in each -- i.e. one not always being a literal translation of the other. Well rounded vs Completa is awesome. - rogspax, Jun 23, 2013

Awesome use of the word. Bien hecho :) - chellapadua, Jun 23, 2013

Thanks. I appreciate your kind words. - francobollo, Jun 24, 2013

Hola Francobollo. - iana01, Jun 25, 2013

Hola, Iana. - francobollo, Jun 25, 2013

Answer 2

No me gusta leer noticias del ámbito social o de gente famosa. En lo personal, creo que es una pérdida de tiempo.

I don't like to read news of the high society / celebrity sphere. Personally, I think it is a waste of time.

-- Please correct my English.

I tried to help with your picture the way I try to fix mine sometimes, but it didn't work at all! I'm so sorry about that! - GraceM, Jun 24, 2013

The lesson I learned is that it could just be my computer's problem and I shouldn't mess with things. :( - GraceM, Jun 24, 2013

Muchas gracias! I hope is not your computer! - 00e46f15, Jun 24, 2013

A little better: I don't like reading news about the spheres of high society or celebrities. Personally...(rest correct). And I agree with you! - Jubilado, Jun 24, 2013

Jubilado, I don't like to read news about local high society events and also celebrities. I guess I can say "...of high society and celebrities" What do you think? Gracias de antemano. - 00e46f15, Jun 24, 2013

And, I don't have anything against celebrities. I just think that it is not a good investment for my reading time. :-) - 00e46f15, Jun 24, 2013

And you sylyon have been an incredible help to me and all the members, your blood is worth bottling. - ray76, Jun 24, 2013

The link is to a forbidden server. I think it's best to find a different picture. Nice phrase by the way - Aranjuez12, Jun 24, 2013

I think you can use ¨of¨ or ¨about¨, either of which sounds a bit better than from. ¨Of¨ seems best here, imo. - rogspax, Jun 24, 2013

Thank you for your help and comments. Let me know if you can see the image. Yo podía ver la imagen anterior sin ningún problema. - 00e46f15, Jun 24, 2013

Answer 3

Puedo prepararme y mi moto Puedo preparar a mi moto y mí mismo, pero lo que hacen otros pilotos está fuera de mi ámbito de influencia.

I can prepare myself and my bike, but what other racers do is outside my control.

Here, number 46 has experienced some very bad luck, and 69 is about to.

Burros, en su mayor parte, no beben, por tanto siempre hay un paseo a casa. - EugenioCosta, Jun 23, 2013

"Puedo preparar a mi moto y a mí mismo (para la carrera), pero lo que otros motociclistas hacen (o como manejan) está fuera de mi control." - 00e46f15, Jun 23, 2013

Good job! - francobollo, Jun 24, 2013

I hope you are not in the middle of that lot mate, great job. - ray76, Jun 24, 2013

And Ray, no worries. That pic is of professionals, not me in this case. Sadly, I don´t have a single pic of any of my crashes. - rogspax, Jun 24, 2013

Thanks. I assumed that first part needed some work, though I don´t understand the ¨a¨ after preparar, in this case (which is often true of we gringos) - rogspax, Jun 24, 2013

defensive driving. - 0095ca4c, Jun 25, 2013

True. But it´s a bit of a catch 22. A corollary to ¨the best defense is a good offense¨ The best way not to be caught up with mid-pack riders, so you try to be in front, which causes you to crash and be in the midpack mayhem. SuCH a quandry. - rogspax, Jun 25, 2013

Answer 4

Estaba dentro del ámbito de la ley.

It (used to be) was within the scope of the law.

It's all relative. ;o) - katydew, Jun 23, 2013

Dentro "del" ámbito de la ley... Great work! - francobollo, Jun 23, 2013

Gracias Franco - I thought the dentro removed the need for "del". :) - ian-hill, Jun 23, 2013

Nope. Sorry... Estar dentro de algo (To be within something) - francobollo, Jun 23, 2013

Now I'm not sure "del" or "el" ? :) - ian-hill, Jun 23, 2013

Deseo podría ser dentro de el idioma de español. Good one mate , my vote . - ray76, Jun 23, 2013

Good one Ian. (oh, and I vote "del" here) - rogspax, Jun 23, 2013

I only just remembered that in English we have the word "ambit" : - ian-hill, Jun 23, 2013

Ian if you were in the Union movement then "Ambit" would be high up in your on your list of chosen words, an "Ambit claim" is there first resort. - ray76, Jun 23, 2013

I would say "del". - 00e46f15, Jun 24, 2013

within the ... dentro de la or del (depending on what follows) - francobollo, Jun 24, 2013

del it is :) - ian-hill, Jun 24, 2013

Answer 5

The book of Psalms spoke of the earth as a sphere long before it was discovered by science that the world was round. It was outside of man's realm of understanding.

El libro de los Salmos habló de la Tierra como una esfera mucho un ámbito muy lejos antes de que fuera revelado se descubierto por la ciencia que el mundo era redondo. Fuera del ámbito de comprensión del hombre.

Hi... Sorry Katy. Ámbito does not work here. You'd have to use esfera. - francobollo, Jun 23, 2013

Ok. Here's the rest of my correction with your use of esfera then: una esfera mucho antes de que fuera revelado por la ciencia que el mundo era redondo. - francobollo, Jun 23, 2013

Long before it was "proved" to be a sphere Katy. It was only flat earthists who believed otherwise. - ian-hill, Jun 23, 2013

Oh rats! Thanks Franco. I'll leave the post so others can learn from my mistake. Me equivoco, yerro! I keep changin my post. Ha. Thanks Franco. Yes, Ian, proved is a good word. - katydew, Jun 23, 2013

typo on changinG. I need to go walk & get some fresh Santiago mountain air. It rained last night so I need to hurry before the smog returns. - katydew, Jun 23, 2013

:) see you later amiga. - ian-hill, Jun 23, 2013

The concept of a spherical Earth dates back to ancient Greek philosophy from around the 6th century BC. - ian-hill, Jun 23, 2013

"Tierra" con T mayúscula. "...antes de que fuera revelado..." Buen trabajo! - 00e46f15, Jun 23, 2013

Thanks for the additional help and encouragement Sylyon. - katydew, Jun 24, 2013

Great use of the Palabra del día, Katy! Fuera del ámbito de compresión is a great construction. - francobollo, Jun 24, 2013

Thanks for the 2nd look, Franco. Much appreciated. - katydew, Jun 24, 2013

I think it´s a great job too Katy. And it´s all to easy when learning a new figurative expression, to accidentally bring it back to the literal, dare I say sphere, where it might not apply, at the same time. God only knows I have. Great use and teaching - rogspax, Jun 25, 2013

Answer 6

No he encontrado mi ámbito de pericia .

Tal vez estoy buscando en un lugar más allá de mi capacidad.

Algo al igual que el idioma de español.

I have not found my area of expertise .

Maybe I am looking at a place beyond my ability .

Something like the Spanish language.

I posted the tiger applauding Spanishdict.com and it´s members, that means you, too Ray! Hang tough because you are learning more Spanish than you give yourself credit for! We all love ya! - bandit51jd, Jun 23, 2013

I have felt this way also. It is very difficult when learning a new language. Yet, I know that I will be able to communicate with family and people as never before. You have helped me on this quest mi amigo. Gracias! - chellapadua, Jun 23, 2013

We have endured much in our lives. Haven't we, friend? - Jubilado, Jun 24, 2013

We certainly have Jubillado , and i guess a little bit more will not hurt us , thanks mate. - ray76, Jun 24, 2013

your ability hasn't even been challenged yet amigo...onwards and upwards. - 0095ca4c, Jun 25, 2013

@bandita..donde está el tigre? - 0095ca4c, Jun 25, 2013

Answer 7

Creo que están buscando mayor ámbito.

I believe they are looking for greater scope.

La profesor no parece tener muy buen control del salón. - rogspax, Jun 23, 2013

Greater scope? It looks more like no limits to me :) - ian-hill, Jun 23, 2013

Yes, Ian but this state of affairs didn't happen overnight! - FELIZ77, Jun 23, 2013

Anyway, I'm not sure they're choosing the best method. Although they seem to be having some fun at the moment -.;-) - Castor77, Jun 23, 2013

Not sure ámbito can be used in your sentence. I'd say: mayor cobertura / mayor radio de acción - francobollo, Jun 24, 2013

Answer 8

Ayudar a la gente a aprender español está dentro del ámbito de Spanishdict.com.

Helping people learn Spanish is within the scope of Spanishdict.com.

¡Muy bien! - francobollo, Jun 24, 2013

You are right mate , and you do a great job also. - ray76, Jun 24, 2013

Gracias, Franco y Ray! - bandit51jd, Jun 25, 2013

Answer 9

Las cuestiones económicas se encuentran dentro del ámbito de influencia de nuestra Nación.

Economic issues are within the scope of influence for our Nation.

Great job! - francobollo, Jun 24, 2013

And they handle them well considering the enormity of the problems , as do you mate. - ray76, Jun 24, 2013

I wish I could say that is true mate. Even I can not deal with all, only try. - chellapadua, Jun 24, 2013

weighing heavily on their little political heads :-) - 0095ca4c, Jun 25, 2013

Answer 10

Within my social circle, there are many people who do not agree with the entertainment tax that supports local artists.

En mi ámbito social, hay muchas personas quien que no están de acuerdo con el impuesto de entretenimiento que apoya a artistas nacidos aquí.

...personas que no están de acuerdo con... que apoya a artistas locales/nacidos aquí." -Nativo- no es muy común usar esta palabra, no en estos casos. - 00e46f15, Jun 24, 2013

Gracias sylyon. Aprecio mucho tu ayuda. - 0095ca4c, Jun 25, 2013

Answer 11

En el ámbito de algunos de mis amigos, cosas raras pueden ser normales.

In the sphere of some of my friends, strange things can be normal.

Old Spice not working? - 0095ca4c, Jun 25, 2013

Hola Noetol. Guuay, esta imagen es muy interesante! :)) - iana01, Jun 25, 2013

Hola Iana! - Noetol, Jun 26, 2013

Answer 12

El paseo tuve un ámbito muy ambicioso--en verano ellos ambos anduvieron a pie por todas las aldeas altaneras en las montañas....

The walk was very ambitious in scope--in summer the both of them went on foot through all the villages soaring high and proud in the mountains....

Answer 13

los milagros de Dios no son dentro de mi ámbito.

The miracles of God are not within my scope.

Los milagros... Good point. - Jubilado, Jun 24, 2013

gracias Jubilado. - Aranjuez12, Jun 24, 2013